The locations with the highest concentration of Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects degree recipients are Savannah, GA, San Francisco, CA, and New York, NY. The locations with a relatively high number of Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects degree recipients are Wilmington, DE, Redmond, WA, and Laguna Beach, CA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects is a bachelors degree.

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects and the types of students that study this field. Full Sail University awards the most degrees in Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects in the US, but Cogswell College and Gnomon School of Visual Effects have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects.

Tuition costs for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects majors are, on average, $3,984 for in-state public colleges, and $34,350 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects programs are Public, 2-year institutions (140 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (1,482 completions).

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects, is Public, 2-year (1,482 completions).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

Out of all institutions that offer Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Cogswell College and Gnomon School of Visual Effects have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects, with 58.8% and 56.3%, respectively.

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Communication Technologies majors.

Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Communication Technologies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Communication Technologies majors.

Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Communication Technologies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.

Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Communication Technologies in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Communication Technologies is 36.7, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Communication Technologies degrees, and White students earn the majority (2,243) of the degrees.

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Communication Technologies. The most common ages of employees with this major are 29 and 26 years old, which represent 5.67% and 5.48% of the population, respectively.

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and < 1 Year Postsecondary Certificate.

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects. White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in United Kingdom, not specified that hold Communication Technologies degrees (7.59 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (1,072 degree recipients).

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects majors need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, and Programming.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operation and Control is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Thinking are the three most important skills for people in the field.